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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 78:65

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 78:65 (WEB)

Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

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Origen

  • “…prophet says: “Awake, why sleepest Thou, Lord?” and again: “Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. lxxviii. 65.

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Gregory of Nyssa

  • “…wroth, and it repented Him because of their sins”; and again, “He repented that He had anointed Saul king”; and again, “The Lord awaked as one out of sleep”; and besides this, it makes mention of His sitting, and standing, and moving, and the like, which are not as a fact connected with God, but are not without…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxviii. 65.

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Augustine of Hippo

Theodoret of Cyrus

John Cassian

  • “And He is “drunken with wine” as it is said, “The Lord awoke like a sleeper, a mighty man, drunken with wine;” He “who only hath immortality and dwelleth in the light which no man can approach unto:” not to say anything of the “ignorance” and “forgetfulness,” of which…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvii. (lxxviii.) 65.

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